Word: austria
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This book consists of a series of interrupted memoirs written partly by the Captain Basil Jennico, the hero of the story, and partly by the authors in person. Captain Jennico, an English gentlemen, falls heir to the great estate of Tollendhal, situated in northern Austria, and here a marvellous series of adventures befalls him and a certain Princess Ottilie of Lausitz-Rothenburg. The tale reminds one slightly of "The Prisoner of Zenda," in the familiar relations which exist between the young English hero and the foreign princess, but here the resemblance stops. The story moves from Austria to England...
...Railway Regulation in Italy and in Austria...
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...present situation is extremely difficult and complicated. The sudden turn of affairs in Crete has weakened the triple alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy, and the double alliance of France and Germany. Austria is frankly hostile to Crete, and the German emperor shows considerable zeal for the Sultan. Italy would naturally follow the lead but for the great popular sympathy for Greece. Public opinion in England is also for Greece, but thus far the English government has shown itself contemptuous of it. The policy of France is friendly. Russia is the most important power of all, and her policy...